Filter



Patented Jan. 9, 1934 UNITED isTATEs PATENT' gQIFWCII y FILTERS Y Joseph Weinstein,V Jamaica, 'N.' Y Y Applicatinnjune 22, 1932'. seiai'No. 618,643 j y v2 Claims;

This invention relatesto filters and improvements therein; f

The invention provides improvements in filters wherebythe construction is simplified, and wherein secure and reliable packing is obtained at all joints where liquid might escape from the filter, and might pass through the filter without passing through the filtering means therein, vor a portion'of said means. f f

Itfurther provides a filter well adapted'for inexpert installation and maintenance. Y f f It further provides a'filter-well adapted on acicount of its above recited features, Vto popular or large scale use, particularly in fields where such filters are desirable, but not heretofore largely or Widely used, as for example household use. The grit, scale and sediment in water, even though the water is apparently clear to the eye, wears valves, wears water'meters and makes them inaccurate, and causes damage in course of Atime to hot water heaters and steam boilers. A device well adapted for general use' has economic value in the broad fields indicated above, and the present invention provides such a device. It

provides is of course of utility wherever filters are used.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through said embodiment. Y l

Fig. 2 is a top plan view. i

-Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line III- IIL Fig. 1, looking in the directiono'f the arrows. v- .Y

Fig. 4 is a plan view on a reducedfscale of a skeleton gasket. Y

Referring to said drawing,

Numeral 10 designates the casing of the filter. This casingl() is preferably 'a one-piece .casing having an open top, and provided with partitions 12, dividing the casing into a plurality of compartments 14. Three compartments are here shown, arranged for serial iiow, but any number of compartments, arranged for serial or multiple flow may be provided, as may be desired.

Numeral 16 designatesv the cover.

The edges 20 of the casing, and 21 of the partitions are preferably planed in a planer or by other` suitable means so they will all lie fiush in a single plane.

The cover is also provided with bearing portions 22 facing the edges 20 and 21 of the casing when the cover is in place. The bearing portions 22 on the cover are also preferably planed-in a planer or other suitable device so that these bearing portions 22 all line in a single plane.

AV skeleton gasket` 24 (see Fig. 4) is provdedxto fit between .the casing l0 and cover 16. By tight-'-v ening the cover 16 down on the gasket 24, against the edges'20, 21 of the casing, asecure and reliable leak-tight closure cfthe casing is thereby provided.- Bolts 26 serve to secure the cover 16 on the casing. .z l 1 Numeral 30 designates a threaded opening for admitting fluid to the first compartment 14, and numeral 32 designates a similar outlet opening, which in the arrangement illustrated (three series compartments) is. preferably 'provided in the cover. y l Numeral 34 designates an opening'in one of the partitions 12, where the fiow is outwardly through one filter and' inwardly through another filter, as hereinafter more fully explained.

Numeral 36 illustrates a duct leading from the filter in one compartment to a filter in another compartment, and hereinafter more fully ex' plained. The duct 36 is preferably formed or cast as a part of the cover. l

.The bottom of the entering compartment14 of the series is preferably made funnel-shaped, as indicated 'at 38, to act as asump for the sediment, grit, etc. initiallyseparated from the entering stream of liquid to` be filtered, and a removable-plug 39'is preferably provided in the portion 38 to admit of periodical cleaning out of the sediment etc. insaid part-38.

The filtering means are shown at 40, 41, 42.

The said filtering means preferably comprise cupped supports 45,- shown as deep cylindrical cups which may be formed readily by drawing or the like. The cups are provided with a.' perforated portion 47, which preferably extends over a large portion of the surface area of the cup. Flanges 49 are preferably provided at the upper end of the cup. The portion of the cups adjacent the fianges T49, indicated at 51, is preferably solid or unperforated.

Thecups 45 are made' secure against leakage at their upper ends between the interior of the cup and the surrounding compartment'li. The leaktight joint is provided by means of a gasket 53' and bolts 54 which pass through the fiange 49 and the 'gasket r53 and rbind the fiangex49 against the gasket 53 to the lower face of the cover 16.

Some or all of the cups 45 may be filled with clarifying or filtering material. As shown, the cup forming part of the filter 40 is filled with gravel, and the cup forming part of filter 41 is filled with activated carbon. The cup forming part of citer 42 is left empty. The cups 45 act 110 iis.

v as supports for filtering material.

ing material.

The filtering material is preferably fibrous, as for example loose or fibrous asbestos, as indicated at 60. The material 60 is arranged as a layer covering the perforated portion 47 of the respective cups, and preferably extending beyond the perforated portions so as to lap the unperforated portion 51. Suitable means, as straps 62, 63, 64, may be provided, adapted to surround the marginal portion of therlayer of filtering4 vmaterial 60, and bind it securely against the unperforated portion 51 of the cup. By binding the material- 60 against unperforated portion of the cup, leakage of liquid into thek cup Without being forced to pass through the filter is prevented. The means described provide a very simple, reliable and secure means of forcing all of the fluid to pass through the filterprovided around the layer of brous material 60 to hold it in place.

The filtering material 60 is preferably'arranged orr-th'eoutside of thexcups forming parts of the filters 40` and 42, as inY these instancesy the flow is toward the insidecof the cups, and the pressure of the liquid is therefore in a direction to press the filtering material in secure position on the cups. The filtering material is placed against the insideportion of the cup `forming a part of thelter 41; in this instance the flow isfrom the. inside of the cup outward, and again the pressure of theliquid assists in holding, the filteringmaterial'in. position against the sides ofthe cup. The binding straps 62, 64 act by compres.- sion as shown, and the binding strap 63V acts by expansion as shown.

A by-pass `around the iilter may be provided in part'by a passage or duct'70 cast in and vrunning across thev cover 16. A threaded admission opening 72 is provided, andthe'openings 30 and 72'may be connected by suitable piping with-a valve'interposed in the.4 piping between openings 30 and 72 in usual and-Well understood manner. The'. duct '70 conveniently connects` at its outlet endxwith outlet opening 32. By closingV the outletv 32, and openingf the by-pass passage '70, and

opening clean-out plugs in the bottoms of compartments 42: and 41, water may be caused to flow reversely through-cups 45 in compartments 42 and 41 and force accumulations ofi mud, etc. from the face of the filtering material.

Operation The cups 45 are secured against the-underside ofthe cover Withfthe gaskets 49 sealing the joints. The layers of iiltering material 60 are secured over the perforated portions 45 of the cups by means ofthe straps 62, 63, 64, as heretofore described; The cover with the filters 40, 41, 42 ysecured thereto is then fastened to the casing l0, the joint being sealed by the skeleton gasket 24. Each of the filters occupies a separate compartment 14. LiquidV enters at 30. The coarser sediment, scale, etc. drops into ther sump 38. The liquid flowsy through the filtering material 60,

i through. the perforated cupr 45, through the gravel, out through the open end of the cup into the'duct 36 in the cover, and .into the open end of the next cup 45 in series (filter 41). The liquid A sheath of Woven Wire-66 may be entering 41, flows through the activated carbon, then through the filtering material 60 and then into the middle compartment -14 through the perforated cup 45. From the middle compartment 14 the liquid iiows through the opening 34 into the next compartment 14. From compartment 14 the liquid flows through the filtering material 60, and through the perforated portion of the cup 45 into the. interior thereof. From the interior theclariiiedv and filtered liquid ows out through the outlet opening 32.

In the household installations the filter is preferably joined to the house pipe ahead of the meter. The lter catches scale from the mains, grit and sediment in the Water, and may also remove odors/in passing through the activated carbon.

By reason of the removal of grit, scale and sediment, the wear on valves, meters and the like is` virtually eliminated, and sediment in Water backs and Water legs of Water heaters and furnaces is-avoided, with consequent improved functioning and elimination of many troubles in theY useA of these devices.

The iilter may be used for other purposes than that ofiiiltering thefwater supply.

It Will bev perceived that the construction of the filter is such that it-is very simply and easily; puttogether, easily taken apart-for replacements, etc., that all places Where packing; and tight joints are necessary are provided'by secure, simple and reliable` sealing means, andbroadvsurfaces for packing arel provided in allinstances. Moreover; the parts areso disposed asto best function in relation to the directionof the pressure ofthe Water on the parts of the filter;

The invention may receive other embodiments than' that herein specically illustratedf'and described;

What isA claimed is:-

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1. vA filterfcomprisinga casing having a'plu- 7;,

rality of compartments therein, a cover, and means for connecting said cover to said casing with a leak-tight seal, and filtering meansin said compartments, said filtering means comprising a cupped support having`Y a perforated portion, ,'rq

means connecting'said cupped support to said cover with a leak-tight-seal, and means for conducting liquid from one compartment to. another through the filtering means therein, said conducting means being formed as a, duct passing j'.

through the cover and communicating with the interiors of the cupped supports in serial ow relation.

2. A filter comprising a casing and partitions dividing the same into a pluralityof compartj ments, said casing havingfits edges flush With the tops of said partitions, a cover having bearing portions facing the edges of said casing and of said partitions, a skeleton gasket betvveen'sad edges and said bearing` portions on thel cover,

means for securing said cover on the casing against the gasket, filtering means in said compartments, and liquid conducting means comprising a duct in the cover leading from the in terior of one cupped support to the interior of an- Other.

JOSEPH WEINSTEIN. 

